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    Quote Originally Posted by Doc Vernon View Post
    May be of interest to you Shelly ?
    Cheers

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    Thanks Doc!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Doc Vernon View Post
    May be of interest to you Shelly ?
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    Thanks for that link Doc I have wondered for many years which Bowater ship I visited and met the 2nd.steward on in 74 in Cornerbrook I had previously sailed with him in 68, a bloke called Albert pennel the crew list on that link answered that for me.

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    Quote Originally Posted by John Arton View Post
    First trip to sea we had Spanish crew. C.P. Catering super decided that one of the Chefs of the Empress should sail with us to "teach" the excellent Spanish cook how to prepare and cook food for Englishmen and also teach hygiene standards.

    . How we never had cases of food poisoning amongst the crew and passengers was beyond belief as believe me if health inspectors had ever inspected the galleys they would have shut them down immediately.
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    Nice one, reminded me of a Shell tanker, I joined in 68, went on tour of ship and in galley I saw a fried egg on a plate in a redundant grill, looked all dried up then but thought maybe one of chinese crew was letting it mature a bit.
    It was still there six months later, so must have been well matured by then I wud have thought.
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    There are various International shipping company.

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    Baskerville??

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dennis McGuckin View Post
    Remember Corner Brook well.
    It was our home port for eight months while serving on the Sarah Bowater in the late 50ies.
    Also the first time I ever saw or wore overboots. Thought they were cool!
    Recall some wooden sidewalks and bat-wing doors on one bar.
    Bit like the old west, but colder.
    Could also drink after hours.Always knew where the Mounties were. They never gave us any trouble.
    How about that Screech!!
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    Hi Denis,
    I like your post, this is a long time after, I remember those days in Corner Brook. The problem with the over boots was that every one took them off in the lobby and when you came out drunk... some times you got a better pair going back to the ship than you came in with.
    The Screech was like "Fire Water" did you ever attempt "Seal Flipper Pie"
    I was in and out of Corner Brook for two years on the Nicolas Bowater and had many friends there in the old days

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    Dear John
    I am not sure if you will even see this message, i am the niece of Edward Gie Hamilton, we are busy with our family tree and have no information on him, i by accident came across this site, any information that you may have or know of anyone else i can contact with regards would be very much appreciated. i know it has been many years but i am not going to give up at this point trying to find out what happend to my Uncle.
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    Quote Originally Posted by geoff bray View Post
    Hi Denis,
    I like your post, this is a long time after, I remember those days in Corner Brook. The problem with the over boots was that every one took them off in the lobby and when you came out drunk... some times you got a better pair going back to the ship than you came in with.
    The Screech was like "Fire Water" did you ever attempt "Seal Flipper Pie"
    I was in and out of Corner Brook for two years on the Nicolas Bowater and had many friends there in the old days

    Geoff Bray
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    Hi Geoff, never remember taking my overboots off. You must have gone to fancier places.
    I had a girl there. Father made Screech, Never tried Seal Flipper Pie. Once stuck in ice, some of the Newfie crew went chasing seals. Old man put a stop to it.

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    Hi John
    I am anew but very old boy, you mention a lot of bowters, but I wonder if you were on the Markland, looking in my Discharge book, I was on from 16/08 /60, until the 14/03/61, as a second cook and baker.
    Almost got stuck in Cornerbrook, and had o wait for a bigger icebreaker to get us out, Markland was on the newsprint rum to New York, Washington DC (Alexandria) South Caroliner several times. As I recall, a very nice ship well victualled etc. but not well known.

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    Hi Barry,
    I was Captains Tiger on the NICOLAS, 'did her maiden voyage to Sweden, then a trip around Africa and the trip to Australia. I guess you must have heared about her engine problems on her very first Trans-Atlantic crossing to Cornerbrook, N.S. After arriving at Cornerbrook,We were towed to the Halifax Naval Ship Yard, were we spent three weeks while they repaired the engines. ( Contaminated Lub system, choked oil galeries ) I well remember the chief engineer. The engineers were very friendly, Since I was studying Automotive systems, we had interesting talks. I often wonder where all those guys wound up after all these years.
    Best of 73's
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